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MONO SLEEVE
An extension of the
one-shoulder dress
PATHFINDERS
A bunch of techies came together to form band
Paadhai. While their first album proved a hit,
they are now working on taking Ranam Sugam
– Pain is Good, their second music album,
beyond their IT friends
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02 ERGO Friday, July 24, 2009
Exchange
Namma Chennai
Tanishq has announced its exchange offer,
22 k = 23 k. The initiative allows one to
gain one karat on exchange of old gold
jewellery of any karatage. The offer is
open on all Tanishq outlets till August.
Television
10 questions
with Salman
10 Ka Dum is back, this
time with commoners
Music participating in the show.
Watch out for its first
episode where Salman
Karaoke Khan takes on
homemaker Priyanka
Launch Television
Kargil war
is 10
July 26 is the 10th
anniversary of Kargil war.
On this occasion tune in
to listen to the brave
stories of Capt. Anuj
Nayyar, Lt. Vijayant
Thapar, Vikram Batra and
Capt. Haneefudddin – all
who laid their lives to
save the nations integrity.
Tune in to IBN7, Zindagi
Live at 8 p.m.
Attention bookworms
Chennai gets one more bookstore. Full Circle bookstore will open at
# 85, Chamiers Road on July 26. The store will stock all genres
including fiction, non-fiction and a wide range of art books.
Friday, July 24, 2009
03
Footprints, but
not in the sand
‘Payanam’, band
Paadhai’s first
where they have been. Thus, we
named it Paadhai, meaning
‘path’,” they say.
Shameer elaborates, “Nothing
album, proved a in this world is new. A few things
just exist; they don’t change for
hit among the years, like the endless path.”
T
he echoes of vendors and midhakindraen about the end,
honking from two-wheelers Payanam is getting good re-
are the only sounds visiting sponse. “We first promoted the
this semi-residential locality album in our respective compa-
tucked inside Periyar Nagar Ex- pro forming the group. It is love ter he won a singing competition nies and later in other companies
tension in Madipakkam. But on for music that binds them togeth- nical nuances until it’s ready for at CTS, where Shameer was his through friends,” says Shameer,
Friday evenings Enfield Avenue er, and every weekend they recording. Interestingly, Sivaku- team mate. Since then the trio’s talking about extending its pro-
wakes up to the strumming of “cook, sleep and play” till they mar, who works with Wipro (Ban- journey into music has always motion further. “We are not here
guitars, beats of drums and notes have played enough music to last galore), comes every weekend to been together. “Music was initia- to redefine music. We try to give
from the piano. The music that them till their next meeting. contribute his mite as vocalist lly our hobby but now it has people a taste of the original and
starts at 6.30 p.m. goes on till Its lead members are: Sham- and piano artiste. changed into passion and we simple. It’s an idea of using in-
Sunday evening, with occasional meer M., Suresh G. and Sivaku- proudly say that we own a band,” struments in a different mix of
breaks in between. mar S., all vocalists. They are School to office says Siva. styles.”
Ten youngsters, all between 20 joined by Sridhar S. (rhythm), Di- Siva and Shameer were bench The band is not resting with the
and 26, gather at this villa every neshkumar M. (rhythm), Deepak mates at Prince Matriculation Coining the path launch of its debut album; they
weekend to play and practise mu- S. (guitar), Manigandan V. and Higher Secondary School where Paadhai is inspired by the lines have started work on the second.
sic under the band name Paadhai Balakrishnan M.U. (video edit- they shared eight years of “con- from the famous American mo- “Our next album, Ranam Sugam
(Tamil for ‘path’). ing) and Narendhiran E. (visual stant fights” which continue till vie, Forrest Gump (1994). “In the – Pain is Good, will have seven
Paadhai is two and half years effects). Together the nine write, today and it’s only the piano that movie, the (mamma) always says, tracks with ‘love’ as the theme,”
old, with multi-talented profes- rewrite lyrics, compose, sing, mix, binds them together. Suresh one can tell a lot about a person they conclude, keeping the guitar
sionals from Cognizant and Wi- remix and perform all the tech- joined the band two years ago af- by their shoe – where they go and and piano in sync. ■
04 ERGO Friday, July 24, 2009
Village
Runaway bull checks into motel
A Chinese motel had an unexpected guest when a runaway bull
burst into the building and spent the night while police
attempted to find its owner.
PHOTO: AFP
Friday, July 24, 2009
05
Websites of the day Girl injured by falling tortoise
Indulge your inner comic book geek: A young Chinese girl suffered a concussion after being
www.superherodb.com hit in the head by a falling object, later identified as a
Become an online book worm: three-pound tortoise - although it is still unknown
www.literature.org where the tortoise fell from.
Raimi takes on
‘World of Warcraft’ movie
F
ilm director Sam Raimi
brought Spider-Man to life
on the big screen and now
he is set to bring the orcs
and dwarves from the hit role-
playing fantasy videogame World
of Warcraft to the big screen.
Blizzard Entertainment Inc., a
unit of Activision Blizzard, and
Legendary Pictures said that Rai-
mi has signed to make a film out
of the Warcraft universe of Aze-
roth. Warcraft made its debut in
1994 as a real-time strategy game
based on a conflict between the
Horde and the Alliance and was
developed into the massively World of Warcraft now holds the
multiplayer online game World of
Warcraft in 2004, which has de- Guinness World Record as the most
veloped a huge following. popular massively multiplayer online
The two companies said they game with more than 11.5 million
were confident that Raimi, who
also directed Evil Dead, was the monthly subscribers as well as having a
ideal man to satisfy Warcraft en- lucrative range of licensed products
thusiasts as well as a mainstream Director Sam Raimi. PHOTO GETTY IMAGES
audience. “Raimi has, in the
course of his career, clearly dem-
onstrated a genius for developing
and adapting existing fictional ment. Raimi most recently wrote Raimi in the statement. “I am Charles Roven who brought The Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time
universes for mainstream au- and directed the supernatural thrilled to work with such a dyna- Dark Knight to screen last year. Warner Inc.
diences while staying true to the thriller Drag Me to Hell. mite production team to bring The film will fall under Legend- There were no immediate de-
spirit of the original content,” the “At its core, Warcraft is a fan- this project to the big screen.” ary Pictures’ co-production and tails on cast or release date. ■
companies said in a joint state- tastic, action-packed story,” said The film will be produced by co-financing deal with Warner Reuters
Sport
Samuel Eto’o is on the verge of signing a deal to join Inter Milan, according to reports on
Thursday. The Cameroon striker’s agent spent a second day in talks with Inter bosses on
Wednesday and emerged to say that a transaction could be completed by Thursday. Eto’o is
likely to switch from Barcelona in a swap deal that will see Inter’s Swedish forward Zlatan
Ibrahimovic join the Catalans.
Murray’s
AC Milan humbled
Mexico’s Club America notched their second victory
over Italian opposition in pre-season action with a
2-1 win against AC Milan in the United States on
Wednesday. A fine glancing header from Daniel
county call
Marquez six minutes from time broke a 1-1 deadlock
and gave the ten-times Mexican champions victory at
the Georgia Dome. After their victory on penalties
against Inter Milan on Sunday, Club America looked
sharper than Leonardo’s Milan side who have just
returned to full training.
The Mexicans took the lead in the 55th minute
through Enrique Esqueda, who made a fine run to
lose Milan’s American defender Oguchi Onyewu,
then latched on to a deft through-ball from Salvador
Cabanas before smartly turning it home. Ten minutes Murray endures rare losing feeling in humble county match
later Filippo Inzaghi equalised for Milan with a
characteristic strike, sneaking on to a ball down the
middle and guiding it into the net before Marquez’s
sealer. Milan play Chelsea, led by their former coach
Carlo Ancelotti, on Friday and then finish their tour
with a derby meeting against Inter Milan on Sunday.
Reuters
W
orld number three
Mitchell’s slump Andy Murray trad-
ed the glamour of
Mitchell Johnson’s mother says she is not to blame the world’s biggest
for her son’s poor bowling form at the Ashes. The tennis stages for the more
27-year-old fast bowler struggled for line and length humble surrounds of a modest
in the second test at Lord’s, prompting calls he local tournament, and ended on the
should be dropped for the third test at Edgbaston. losing side, British media reported on
Johnson’s mother, Vikki Harber, had told Australian Thursday.
media on the eve of the series in England that her North of Scotland found themselves
son had hardly contacted her since marrying karate short of players for their county week
champion and model Jessica Bratich. clash against Hertfordshire at East-
Harber has not spoken to her son since January and bourne on Wednesday and Murray,
said she was really upset to see him “struggling over ranked below only Roger Federer and
there”. “I just hope that all the other stuff that’s Rafael Nadal on the world stage, volun-
been going on, he might be able to just forget teered his services. The 22-year-old Scot
about it and concentrate on playing his cricket,” interrupted preparations for the U.S.
Harber said. “Because despite some of the stuff hardcourt season to play three doubles
that’s been reported, I’m not angry. I’m not upset, matches on a modest line of grasscourts,
either. But there isn’t a mother in Australia who where no ball-boys or girls meant the
ever stops worrying about her boy, no matter how players retrieve their own balls, in the
old he gets – and I don’t see why I should be any English south coast town.
different.” He and his partner won all three con-
Harber had also delivered a broadside at Cricket tests but it was not enough for the Scot-
Australia for allowing wives and girlfriends on the tish side, which also featured Andy’s
Ashes tour but not parents. Their presence would brother Jamie, from going down 5-4 in
not produce the kind of “bitchiness” that might the all-doubles event. “I know pretty
occur between girlfriends, she suggested. Former much all these guys from junior days,”
Australian captain Kim Hughes said the pair’s rift Andy Murray said. “I don’t get to see
before the series may have dented the bowler’s them too often these days, a lot of them
confidence. are coaches now and when Jamie said
Reuters they needed us, I wasn’t doing anything
so it was an easy decision to come and
play.”
The Scots were delighted to receive
such big-name support in their moment
of crisis. “I was delighted to get the call.
It says a lot about his character that he
wanted to join us,” coach Ian Conway
was quoted as saying. Murray is due to
play the Masters series events in Mon-
treal and Cincinnati next month before
the August 31 to September 13 U.S.
Open in New York, where he lost the
final last year to Swiss world number
one Federer. ■
Reuters
PHOTO: AFP
Friday, July 24, 2009
07
‘‘
I will worry about that when I finish at The Oval. Walking off for the last time at Lord’s the other day
was special. I sat in the dressing room and had a look around and felt pretty pleased with myself. It
probably hasn’t hit me yet, in a few weeks, maybe when the lads are playing in South Africa this winter, that’s
when it will hit me. But for now I just want to focus on playing at Edgbaston and performing.
Andrew Flintoff on his Test retirement
I
ndian football got a shot in the Secretary of the Sports Ministry In- ings,” an official said under condi- try counterpart M.S. Gill to iron out
arm with the country’s Sports geti Srinivas said. “But we will also tion of anonymity. “The Asian the differences. “We are aware of
Ministry sanctioning a sum of Rs. like to keep some checks and bal- Games has hardly any significance in the importance of the Asia Cup and
10 crore for preparation for the ances to see that the programme is the footballing world.” are looking into possible ways to
2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, run properly.” The ministry, incidentally, has al- help the team,” Srinivas said.
China. Welcoming the government’s ready released Rs. 80 lakh to the AIFF AIFF’s technical director and in-
The ministry is in consultation move, AIFF acting president and Civil for the senior national team’s pre- charge of the junior team, Colin Toal,
with the All-India Football Federa- Aviation Minister Praful Patel said in paratory tour to Dubai and Barcelo- said from Goa: “We have a good set-
tion (AIFF) to chart out a roadmap a statement: “We had one round of na. “The ministry had borne more up of junior boys and I feel we have
for the under-23 side, which will meetings with the Sports Ministry than half of the ongoing tour abroad a decent chance to do well in China.
take part in the Games. Like the and a lot of positives have come out but more needs to be done,” the of- The team, however, needs to play
Olympics, the Asian Games too is of it. We will again sit down with ficial said. “We have a very ambi- with better international opponents
considered an amateur competition them later this year to find out how tious plan for the Asia Cup and to before the tournament to realise
and only three over-23 players can we can work together to put Indian materialise it at least Rs. 40 crore is their full potential. A good perfor-
participate in the meet. football on the right track.” needed. The federation on its own mance there will be good for Indian
“The amount is expected to be But a section of the federation of- will try to realise the maximum football as they are the players for
judiciously used by the federation to ficials have expressed their anger amount. But if we fall short the min- the future.”
put up a strong challenge at the re- over the government move to tie istry should look into it. Success Toal, though, stayed clear of the
gional games. Ideally, it should be down the grant only for the junior there will bring back football to the controversy surrounding the senior
team’s expenses. “Our main focus mainstream and corporates too will and junior teams and refused to
should be the Asia Cup in 2011 in show added interest in the game.” comment. ■
Portfolio
T
he one-shouldered dress,
alas, has been oft repeated.
Stretching it further is the
mono sleeve. You still bare
one shoulder, but you now en-
sure that one arm is kept under
wraps. In all, more asymmetry
and more edginess in contrast to
the one-shoulder look.
Angelina Jolie probably start-
ed it in May this year, strutting
the Cannes red carpet in a nude
Versace dress.
While the mono-sleeve didn’t
go unnoticed, most still pre-
ferred discussing the expanse of
pretty leg.
The just-concluded Haute Cou-
ture Fall/Winter 2009-2010 col-
lection shows in Paris saw several
designers experimenting with
Deepika
Padukone
with co-star Josep Font
Akshay Kumar
Elie Saab.
PHOTOS: AFP
Friday, July 24, 2009
09
BULLETIN
Honour for Mary-Kate
and Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been
honoured with an inclusion into the Council
of Fashion Designers of America.
The Full House duo is among 31 designers
honoured by
the institute,
reports
Contactmusic.
The twins
have been
their own versions of the mono chosen for
sleeve. Josep Font did a leg-of- their
giant-mutton variation in billow- contribution
ing satin, delicate pin-tucks, et to fashion
al. The red sleeve remained the through their
dress’ most remarkable aspect. two labels –
Elie Saab’s all-white collection The Row and
also featured the mono-sleeve. It
might also be recalled that The
The mono Elizabeth and
James.
O.C. star Mischa Barton attended
the designer’s Haute Couture
sleeve is a The pair will
receive their
Spring/ Summer 2009 show in
another mono-sleeve number
welcome accolade
from CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg
from Mr. Saab.
Christophe Josse did a more
break from at a ceremony in New York in October.
ANI
toned down version, playing on the one-
the thin line between one-shoul-
dered and one-sleeved. shoulder look Stella McCartney wants
Our very won Deepika Padu-
kone also showed us how to do
Lohan to drop fur
mono sleeve in a fuchsia Fashion designer Stella McCartney, who is a
number. strict vegetarian, has requested Hollywood
Tip: Tempted as you might be starlet Lindsay Lohan to stop wearing fur.
to bedeck the bare arm, resist. The designer,
Ideally, no bracelets, bangles, daughter of
etc. Also, handbag straps will ru- Beatles legend
in the look, so clutch a clutch, Paul McCartney, is
oversized or mini. ■ a supporter of
animal rights
organisation PETA
and is reportedly
upset with the
Meangirls star’s
fondness for fur
and leather items,
Daily Mail
Kevin Ng reported.
“Lindsay wears a
lot of Stella’s
designs and she
doesn’t want to
be associated
with a high-
profile star who
insists on
Christophe wearing animal
Josse products,” a
source close to
the designer said.
“She never uses
fur and
encourages
everyone to opt
for a vegetarian
lifestyle,” said
the designer’s
spokesperson.
PTI
10 ERGO Friday, July 24, 2009
Flick
Colombian singer Shakira has said that her latest album, She Wolf, was created to distract her fans’
attention away from the recession. “It’s a very electronic album. Dance-oriented, club-oriented. I
want people to have fun with it. Forget about their troubles. Forget about the crisis. Forget
everything for a minute – at least while they listen to the music,” Contactmusic quoted her as
telling MTV.
H
aving been designated a Malhotra to Aki, she said: “No. I
style icon, Kareena Ka- love Aki’s work and plan to use
poor now intends to go his clothes very often. But Man-
on a long shopping binge ish and I go back a long way. He
in various fashion capitals and dressed up my sister to stardom
also cut her hair. and then me. We’re not the kind
“I have to...I’ve no choice. I’m of people who move on in our
looked at as a fashion state- friendships.
ment. Very tiring, but flattering. “I’m back with Manish Malho-
Dress designer Aki Narula has tra in 3 Idiots and the remake of
set impossible standards of fash- Stepmom. I’ll be dressed up as a
ion for me through my films. stylish young girl. I’m planning
Now I’ve no choice but to live up to cut my hair. I’m really proud
to those standards. I’ve raised to be called stylish. I like that,”
the bar for fashion,” Kareena said the actress.
said. The selection of clothes and
“After Kambakkht Ishq, in designer depends upon the
Qurbaan Aki has again made me roles, says Kareena.
look so special,” added the ac- “In Jab We Met, I was simply
tress who gives the credit for her dressed in salwar-kameez. In my
Kambakkht... look to Aki. forthcoming films Qurbaan and
“He went shopping for my 3 Idiots, I’m minimalist in my
clothes and accessories. This clothes.
may be a film, but I’ve never “But Kambakkht Ishq was
worked harder. In terms of styl- about beautiful surfaces and
ing and body language even shallow people. I had to dress
dance and drama, I really immaculately. The standards for
worked hard. I wanted it to be a a heroine’s look and styling had
‘phataka’ kind of role. I wanted to be raised. In terms of clothes,
the audience to come out hair and makeup we’ve done
breathless,” said Kareena, who that in Kambakkht Ishq. The fact
may soon be off on a shopping is, I wanted to look very differ-
expedition to fashion hubs such ent. I wanted to look larger than
as Milan, Paris, London and New life,” she said.
York. But the actress says she is
“It becomes tiring for everyth- equally comfortable playing a
ing I wear to be in the media girl next door like she did in Om-
glare. I constantly need to be kara.
well-dressed. It’s a price I’ve to “If I can carry off Kolhapuri
pay, in more ways than one. I chappals in Omkara, I’m equally
don’t have a choice but to have at home in Jimmy Choos in Kam-
my wardrobe filled with choices. bakkht Ishq. I’m equally proud
“Nowadays when I go abroad, of both kind of films. Madhuri
I find myself spending more (Dixit) did a “Mrityudand” and a
time in shops than holidaying. “Choli ke peeche” (in Khalnayak)
It’s a responsibility. And I do side by side. Look at the film ac-
need to be chic all the time. But tors like Madhuri, my sister Ka-
my being a fashion icon also de- risma, Saif Ali Khan and Akshay
pends on my attitude and mood did in the 1990s. And look where
of the moment,” said the ac- they got! I guess I was lucky.”■
tress. IANS
It becomes tiring
PTI PHOTO for everything I
wear to be in the
media glare. I
constantly need to
II’m
’m llooked
ooked aatt aass a be well-dressed. It’s
a price I’ve to pay,
in more ways than
one. I don’t have a
choice but to have
ffashion
ashion sstatement:
tatement: KKareena
areena my wardrobe filled
with choices.
Friday, July 24, 2009
11
Krish eyes acting
Singer Krish, who married actress Sangeetha
recently, holds an associate degree in acting from
New York University. He is now looking forward
to opportunities in acting too.
about MJ’s
impressed the King of Pop with his own dance
moves and imitations of the star’s signature moon-
walk.
It is thought Omer’s Asian father Riz and Norwei-
gan mother Pia moved to Neverland in 1997 though
‘secret
they later returned to Norway, reports The Daily
Star. It was only after the chance meeting that Jack-
son allegedly told his friends that Omer was his child
from a one-night stand with Pia in 1984.
Omer was seated in the front row alongside the
lovechild’
Jackson’s brothers and sisters at the star’s memorial
service in Los Angeles on July 7.
He is believed to be seeking a DNA test to discover
the truth about his “connection” with the King of
Pop.
But a source close to the officials investigating
Jackson’s death said it was "extremely unlikely" the
test would prove a link.
He said: “We suspect that he is just another boy
Michael was besotted with. We would be staggered
if he was a Jackson even if he can moonwalk.” ■
ANI
Darling hubby
Gopika is back to movies, thanks to her husband
Dr. Akilesh. After her wedding everyone thought
Gopika would bid adieu to cinema. But when actor
Dileep invited her to act in Swantham Lekhakhan,
it was her husband who showed the green signal.
Gopika has given a 15-day call sheet for the movie.
She will be back to Ireland in July end to celebrate
her first wedding anniversary with her husband,
who has made elaborate preparations.
Lakshmi’s wish
Actor Lakshmi Rai has a long wish list. And one
among that is to pair up with superstar
Rajinikanth. The actor, who wants to do films with
directors Shankar and Murugadoss, says she wants
to shed her glamour girl tag and portray homely
characters in the near future. Though she did a
good job in Dhaam Dhoom, Lakshmi doesn’t have
too many good films to boast about. Lakshmi, who
was last seen in Vaamanan, is pinning her hopes
on director Selva’s Naan Avanillai - 2.
AFP
12 ERGO Friday, July 24, 2009
Ram Prasath from Infosys has nominated his team as Partners in Crime. Shahul Hameed from Sutherland Global Services has nominated his team
This picture was taken in their office premises. as Partners in Crime. This picture was taken at Kodaikanal.
Manonmani Kesav from HCL Technologies has nominated her friends as Sundaralakshmi from Wipro has nominated her friends as Partners in Crime.
Partners in Crime. This pic was clicked during Varanam Ayiram film This picture was taken during their trip to Ooty.
shoot.
Ganesh from Calsoft has nominated his team- Nortel NVGsians as Partners in Jeeva from Technosoft Global Solutions has nominated his friends as
Crime. This photo was clicked at Kodaikanal. Partners in Crime. The pic was taken during their trip to Kerala.
Friday, July 24, 2009
13
Traffic Jam
Chocolate made with camels’ milk
A new line of premium chocolate will soon be
introduced in Britain - the chocolate is the first brand
made with camels’ milk.
sudoku
Mallikarjun
from iNautix
shot this
picture in
Sholingar using
Canon A550
camera.
His hobbies:
Photography
and travelling
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